Levitating fire trucks

Above: one of Toronto's famous levitating fire trucks, on Simcoe St.

:-)

Thanks so much for all the anniversary wishes, everyone! Here's one from Lyanne, who created the following card using only a mouse and Appleworks Paint:



Jeff and I had wonderfully laid-back anniversary day, which included book-browsing, seeing The Bourne Ultimatum (good, but the hand-held camera shots made me queasy with motion sickness), and dropping by Buskerfest to check out the live performances as well as get some more practice on my new camera.

You can find Ryan Couldrey's report on the Toronto Buskerfest at blogTO.



Like Ryan, I was a bit annoyed by some of the photographers who had no qualms about walking into the performer's space to take a ton of photos a foot away from his or her face. Very distracting for both the performer and audience, especially for small children trying to see. And then they didn't even donate any money to the performer afterward!



I had decided on the Canon 17-85 lens for the day because my Sigma 30/1.4 wouldn't be good for distant shots and the Canon 70-300 wouldn't be good for closer subjects, and I didn't want the added weight of the extra lenses. The 17-85 gives me a bit of zoom as well as the wide angle option. I found my Lowepro SlingShot 200 AW bag hugely useful:



My friends Ray and Iain inspired me to buy this bag, and I love it. It holds my camera and accessories as well as few personal items; when I want to take a photo, I can easily rotate the bag to the front and quickly get out my camera without having to put the bag down. This enables me to enjoy an event like Buskerfest without having to have my camera out all the time. I also don't have to worry about the risk of having my bag stolen or rifled through while it's on the ground and I'm distracted.

Speaking of photos, here's a photo I've added to my Candid Photos collection:



My first photo shoot with a baby as the main subject! I like this photo, and was kindly given permission to post it. The background is distracting, but the photo was taken outside on a woodsy beach in a very short timeframe so I was paying more attention to the baby than what was behind him. I'm going to experiment with blurring the background some more.

Anyway, I had fun and also learned a new appreciation for baby photographers. It also made me all nostalgic about when my nieces and nephews were that age; I'd almost forgotten how completely disarming a baby's smile can be.



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